Trends in energy drink and combined alcohol and energy drinks consumption among Italian high school students, 2008–2019

Energy Drinks (ED) are caffeinated beverages marketed as attention and endurance enhancers. The main purpose of this study is to provide national estimates of the prevalence of alcohol mixed with energy drink (AmED) and ED use among school-aged adolescents. A secondary objective is to examine the di...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Drug and alcohol dependence 2021-11, Vol.228, p.109061-109061, Article 109061
Hauptverfasser:	Scalese, Marco, Cerrai, Sonia, Biagioni, Silvia, Benedetti, Elisa, Bastiani, Luca, Potente, Roberta, Cutilli, Arianna, Molinaro, Sabrina
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology Alcohol mixed with energy drinks Alcohol use Alcoholic Beverages Beverages Caffeine Child Consumption Drinks Energy Drinks ESPAD school survey Female Females Gender Gender aspects Humans Italian high school students Life Sciences & Biomedicine Male Males Prevalence Psychiatry Schools Science & Technology Secondary school students Secondary schools Students Substance Abuse Trends
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Zusammenfassung:	Energy Drinks (ED) are caffeinated beverages marketed as attention and endurance enhancers. The main purpose of this study is to provide national estimates of the prevalence of alcohol mixed with energy drink (AmED) and ED use among school-aged adolescents. A secondary objective is to examine the differences in the prevalence of AmED and ED consumption by gender. For this study, we used data from twelve consecutive years, from ESPAD-Italia®2008 to ESPAD-Italia®2019. From 2008–2019, the prevalence of lifetime consumption of energy drinks increased significantly for male (64.5–75.7%, p
ISSN:	0376-8716 1879-0046
DOI:	10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109061